47 U.S.C. § 507 — Violation of Great Lakes Agreement

Page 266 TITLE 47—TELECOMMUNICATIONS § 505 § 505. Venue of trials The trial of any offense under this chapter shall be in the district in which it is committed; or if the offense is committed upon the high seas, or out of the jurisdiction of any particular State or district, the trial shall be in the dis- trict where the offender may be found or into which he shall be first brought. Whenever the of- fense is begun in one jurisdiction and completed in another it may be dealt with, inquired of, tried, determined, and punished in either juris- diction in the same manner as if the offense had been actually and wholly committed therein. (June 19, 1934, ch. 652, title V, § 505, 48 Stat. 1101.) Editorial Notes REFERENCES IN TEXT This chapter, referred to in text, was in the original ‘‘this Act’’, meaning act June 19, 1934, ch. 652, 48 Stat. 1064, known as the Communications Act of 1934, which is classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see section 609 of this title and Tables. § 506. Repealed. Pub. L. 96–507, § 1, Dec. 8, 1980, 94 Stat. 2747 Section, act June 19, 1934, ch. 652, title V, § 506, as added Apr. 16, 1946, ch. 138, 60 Stat. 89, prohibited cer- tain coercive practices affecting broadcasting and pro- vided penalties for violations. § 507. Violation of Great Lakes Agreement (a) Any vessel of the United States that is navigated in violation of the provisions of the Great Lakes Agreement or the rules and regula- tions of the Commission made in pursuance thereof and any vessel of a foreign country that is so navigated on waters under the jurisdiction of the United States shall forfeit to the United States the sum of $500 recoverable by way of suit or libel. Each day during which such navigation occurs shall constitute a separate offense. (b) Every willful failure on the part of the master of a vessel of the United States to en- force or to comply with the provisions of the Great Lakes Agreement or the rules and regula- tions of the Commission made in pursuance thereof shall cause him to forfeit to the United States the sum of $100. (June 19, 1934, ch. 652, title V, § 506, formerly § 507, as added Aug. 13, 1954, ch. 735, § 3, 68 Stat. 729; renumbered § 506, Pub. L. 96–507, § 1, Dec. 8, 1980, 94 Stat. 2747.) Editorial Notes PRIOR PROVISIONS A prior section 506 of act June 19, 1934, ch. 652, was classified to section 506 of this title prior to repeal by Pub. L. 96–507. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries EFFECTIVE DATE Section 6 of act Aug. 13, 1954, provided that: ‘‘This Act [enacting this section and amending sections 153, 154, and 504 of this title] shall take effect on November 13, 1954.’’ § 508. Disclosure of payments to individuals con- nected with broadcasts (a) Payments to station employees Subject to subsection (d), any employee of a radio station who accepts or agrees to accept from any person (other than such station), or any person (other than such station) who pays or agrees to pay such employee, any money, service or other valuable consideration for the broadcast of any matter over such station shall, in advance of such broadcast, disclose the fact of such acceptance or agreement to such station. (b) Production or preparation of programs Subject to subsection (d), any person who, in connection with the production or preparation of any program or program matter which is in- tended for broadcasting over any radio station, accepts or agrees to accept, or pays or agrees to pay, any money, service or other valuable con- sideration for the inclusion of any matter as a part of such program or program matter, shall, in advance of such broadcast, disclose the fact of such acceptance or payment or agreement to the payee’s employer, or to the person for whom such program or program matter is being pro- duced, or to the licensee of such station over which such program is broadcast. (c) Supplying of program or program matter Subject to subsection (d), any person who sup- plies to any other person any program or pro- gram matter which is intended for broadcasting over any radio station shall, in advance of such broadcast, disclose to such other person any in- formation of which he has knowledge, or which has been disclosed to him, as to any money, service or other valuable consideration which any person has paid or accepted, or has agreed to pay or accept, for the inclusion of any matter as a part of such program or program matter. (d) Waiver of announcements under section 317(d) The provisions of this section requiring the disclosure of information shall not apply in any case where, because of a waiver made by the Commission under section 317(d) of this title, an announcement is not required to be made under section 317 of this title. (e) Announcement under section 317 as sufficient disclosure The inclusion in the program of the announce- ment required by section 317 of this title shall constitute the disclosure required by this sec- tion. (f) ‘‘Service or other valuable consideration’’ de- fined The term ‘‘service or other valuable consider- ation’’ as used in this section shall not include any service or property furnished without charge or at a nominal charge for use on, or in connection with, a broadcast, or for use on a program which is intended for broadcasting over any radio station, unless it is so furnished in consideration for an identification in such broadcast or in such program of any person, product, service, trademark, or brand name be- yond an identification which is reasonably re- lated to the use of such service or property in such broadcast or such program.